Huntsville gazette., 1887-09-03
What We Have Seen !

Mr.. EDITOR Please allow us to
state that for many years the recon-
mendation for the appointment of
teacher of the primitive Baptist faith
in the State Normal School, so-called.
in this city, has been carefully evad-
ed. We, as sect, have never fav-
ored the employment of any teacher
in public school. to be paid out of
the ru5lic school fund, on account of
his religious creed. At the ~ame
time, we don't believe any teacher
eligible to teach, should BIZ exempt
from teaching in >aid public school
or in any other. merely because he
may not belong to the same sect 0
some other teacher. Persons of
Primitive Baptist faith, and their
children. form quite a factor of the
schools in his city, and in no other
schools Of the city have Primitive
Baptists been so Disseminated a.
gainst as in said State Normal School
That our teachers, male and female,
have Ueen debarred from the school.
has been too long and too openly
developed for us to want change
any longer, We have seen that but
one female was ever employed in that
school, said to be of said faith, and
soon she had to rtlinquish her said
religious belief, or did so, and retain
ed her position in the school.
Our children have been educated
against us, to go from ua, and we
must at once, without delay, notify
the Primitive Baptist Union in the
city, county and northern part Of the
state to withhold their children and
pupils from that school and any other
school that SD ignored them that
as sect. We have no better
time TO begin than now, and to
consult with many of our brethren at
all our ensuing Associations. Those
who may not be able to send their
children to private schools; those too
advanced to tend our city schools,
We recommend for them the Rust In
s.itute. We have reason to believe
that such sectal ian discriminate. as
have been practiced have been eau
tiously kept f ON the knowlege of the
directors of the state Normal School; !;
yet, such is the fact that such dis
crimiuations have heen and are now
in existence. We wish, also, to say
that no former applicant is respone
sible, or has any connection with what
we have to say. We have spoken of
these things before, when we were
told that none o. our sect ever made
application. but we have insisted that
some did apply with reluctance,
standing little chance Of success fer
reasons above given.
Respectful ly.
Rev SAMUEL BoLDEN
REV. JAMES G. HoBBs,
Clerk of Church.
ELDER B. L. CHAPMAN.
Aug. Oath, 1887.
Editor Gazette
The above appeared 10 the Hunts
vile Daily Independent on Saturday
last. 1 am frequently asked whether
| am in sympathy with the brethren
or not. | will say. that while have
laboced for many months to prevent
the development OF such suspicious,
yet my sympathies are always whith
my brethren in such things as may
promote the best interest of nv
church, and will reply by saying the
above article meets my approval.
Ia'so take this ooc ision to say,
that am and always have been in
favor of Sunday Schools, especially
among my race, many of whom yet,
have no other way of obtaining Bib
lical aud literary information.
Very respectfully,
VIM. FL. CASTOR.
The School Census.
Mr.. Robert F. Bradley completed the
work OF taking the school census Thurs.
day morning. The total number of
children between the age of seven and
twenty-One within the corporate limits